Jodi

Picoult I think we have stories because they help us understand who we are But theres a tendency to assume that a story must be ingested in a certain way that it must mean one thing So readers are always trying to ferret out the truth I want to argue that this idea is a raging and utter lie The reader brings as much to the book as the writer does Youre bringing your past youre bringing your thoughts youre bringing your future Its my job as a writer to tell you a story thats going to take you away from whatever youre doingyour laundry your kids whateverbut that to me is the least important part When I sit down to write a book my goal is to make you ask yourself Why are my opinions what they are Im not going to make you change them necessarily You might if Ive done a good job but at the very least youre going to ask yourself where you stand on a given issue To me the mark of a great book is that it can move a variety of people even though each person is connecting in a different way The purpose of a story is to be a crowbar that slides under your skin and with luck cracks your mind wide open

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